‘Students, staff from containment zones not allowed at exam centres’

NEW DELHI :

STAFF and examinees from containment zones shall not be permitted to be physically present at exam centres and there will be alternative arrangements for such students, as per the Union Health Ministry’s latest guidelines on conducting tests during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such students shall be given an opportunity to take the exam through other means or educational institutions shall arrange their papers at a later date, according to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued Wednesday.

Also, only asymptomatic staff and students shall be allowed inside the examination hall, the SOPs stated, adding wearing face cover/mask is mandatory. The face cover or mask has to be worn at all times inside the examination center by all, it underlined.

Authorities concerned should plan out the examination schedule in a staggered manner so as to avoid overcrowding at any examination center on any day, the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) stated. Examination centers in containment zones shall not be allowed to function, it said.